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Comment Re:I live in Seattle. (Score 1) 650

When will the poor get their refund? At the end of the year? Doesn't help them much then.

Also the rich can go over to Italy and purchase their Ferrari and after a few months of 'using' it there can ship it over here and avoid that 23%. The rich will just save their money and spend in lower tax areas. Why do so many Washingtonians and Californians come to Oregon to buy big purchases? No sales tax. Black market will also sky rocket.

Fair tax is a good idea, and I believe should be part of our tax solution, but I also believe there will need to be some type of income tax.
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Homer Simpson Named Greatest TV Character Screenshot-sm 142

A survey by Entertainment Weekly has named Homer Simpson the greatest character created for television or film in the past 20 years. Everyone's favorite beer-swilling, donut-eating dad beat out Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the top spot. From the article: "'People can relate to Homer because we're all secretly propelled by desires we can't admit to,' Groening was quoted as telling Entertainment Weekly. 'Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever ... is a joy to witness.'"
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US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update 349

tlhIngan writes "The US Air Force, having purchased PS3s for supercomputing research, is now the latest victim of Sony's removal of the Install Other OS feature. It turns out that while their PS3s don't need the firmware update, it will be impossible to replace PS3s that fail. PS3s with the Other OS feature are no longer produced since the Slim was introduced, so replacements will have to come from the existing stock of used PS3s. However, as most gamers have probably updated their PS3s, that used stock is no longer suitable for the USAF's research. In addition, smaller educational clusters using PS3s will share the same fate — unable to replace machines that die in their clusters." In related news, Sony has been hit with two more lawsuits over this issue.

Comment Re:A false choice, of course... (Score 1) 2044

I have a similar plan, and my company subsidizes nearly $1000 a month for me and my family. Over the course of a year the total paid for my Health Insurance is $18,000. Consider the poverty line in the US for a family of 4 is around $25,000 and average family income around $50,000, health care can constitute a majority share of people's expenses.

Comment Re:What are you looking for, really? (Score 1, Interesting) 490

Father in law = HIPAA sepcialist YOU being a HIPAA specialist.

Having an browser installed does not make a PC any less or more secure, it has been proven recently that most versions of IE have major vulnerabilities (just ask Google).

Most likely the director only knows M$ so it must be best right? Me thinks the memo came because many people want to use Macs and there main software does not support it.

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